I am seeing spiders and can't catch my breath - Anxiety getting worse?

[TwittleBee]

Hello,

Nervous to post about this...

For past few weeks I keep seeing spiders that aren't there... e.g. massive spider climbing over a car, or walking into a spider dangling from a cobwebs, spider crawling along the wall in my lounge.

Previous to this I was terrified of spiders. But now I feel indifferent to them as I'm becoming so used to just assume their not real.

I've told my DH, he's supportive and said its up to me if I see my GP. But I'm worried he will judge me, take me away from my baby?

On top of this I can't seem to catch my breath, keep yawning or sighing to try and take a deep breath but just can't. Feel like I'm being smothered and a massive weight is on my chest.

I have recently been prescribed propranolol on top of my usual meds as i told my GP about anxiety feeling like its worsening. They do help but I have been taking an increased dosage than what my GP told me (stupid I know...)

Idk what I want out of this, maybe just reassurance.

We are 12 months into TTC and I'm wondering if that recognition is sparking the worry.

Talk to your dr. That isn't right - it might be your meds interacting. What other meds are you on?

I'm on Quetiapine and Duloxetine, been on them for a while now. Propranolol I've only been on for past 5 days

(Also on colofac too but again been on that for a while now)

You really need to go back to your doctor and please don’t worry about your baby being removed. That’s incredibly unlikely to happen. I had awful hallucinations on propranolol.

These spiders started appearing well before I started taking propranolol. Atm propranolol is only thing helping to reduce my anxiety symptoms

Sorry I should have said. After I lost my husband I started having hallucinations but they became really extreme on propranolol and gradually decreased after I came off. propranolol can exacerbate hallucinations.